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The IC4D blog explores the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on development, both directly and as an enabler for other sectors of the economy. It is a space to share ideas and experiences, and to inspire dialogue on new and innovative ways in which ICT can create opportunities in developing countries.

Collective Intelligence and Poverty

Submitted by Randeep Sudan on Mon, 2012-04-23 16:15
The World Bank’s mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results. Over the coming years the locus of poverty will increasingly shift to urban areas. Two thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2025, and a third of these residents are likely to be poor.

Benefits of Land Registry Digitization

Submitted by Aparajita Goyal on Tue, 2012-04-17 11:23

It is increasingly recognized that well-defined property rights are crucial for realizing the benefits of market exchange and that such rights are not exogenously given but evolve over time in response to economic and political forces. The reduction of expropriation risk and the facilitation of market transactions are the two main categories through which property rights systems affect economic outcomes. However, the mechanisms by which these two categories affect outcomes differ in important ways.

Crearea parteneriatelor de capacitate înaltă: de la concursuri la ciclul de viață de co-creare a datelor deschise

Submitted by Jeff Kaplan on Wed, 2012-04-04 10:45

În primăvara anului curent, Banca Mondială va deveni partenerul Guvernului Republicii Moldova și al unui număr de părți interesate la organizarea unei Întâlniri competitive a Programatorilor (Hackathon) în domeniul Inovațiilor Deschise axată pe reutilizarea datelor deschise în Moldova.  Aceasta este mai mult decât doar încă un concurs de aplicații, care generează atât entuziasm, cât și scepticism referitor la abilitatea lor de promovare a reutilizării inovative și durabile a datelor deschise.  

Open Government Webinar: ICT for Citizen Engagement

Submitted by Tiago Carneiro Peixoto on Fri, 2012-03-09 17:32


REGISTER for this Webinar here: http://bit.ly/xJSE2Q

Presented and Hosted by: World Bank Institute (ICT4Gov)
Managed by: OGP Networking Mechanism (Global Integrity)

Thursday, Mar 22, 2012 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM


(14:00 - 15:00 GMT)

Open Government Partnership: Global Dialogue on the Preparation of the National Action Plans

Submitted by Elena Kvochko on Thu, 2012-03-01 18:06

As part of the World Bank supported South-South knowledge exchange on Open Government, on February 28, the ICT Sector Unit in partnership with the World Bank Institute organized a videoconference-based workshop that provided a core group of policy makers from Macedonia and Moldova with relevant and timely input based on experiences of Brazil, the United Kingdom and the US. The program enabled the client countries to develop bold but focused Action Plans to be submitted to the Open Government Partnership at the April 2012 meeting in Brazil.